Galil

The Galil is one of the standard assault rifles used by the Israel Defense Forces. It was designed by Israel Galili, and bears his name. It uses 5.56 mm NATO ammunition, like an M-16, but uses the more reliable and easier to manufacture action of the Russian AK-47.

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The Galil project began after the Six-Day War, and the design was selected by the IDF from two competing designs. The winner was based on the Finnish Rk 62 (a variant of the AK-47). The first rifles began to arrive in 1974, after the Yom Kippur War. The Galil was designed to be a domestically produced main battle rifle for the IDF, taking the best features of other rifles, such as the M-16 and AK-47, and putting them into one rifle. That rifle could be adapted to any number of tasks. The result was the IMI Galil. The Galil was used by the infantry during the Lebanon War in 1982; but towards the mid-1980s, it was determined to be less than optimal.

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Israel Galili: Israel Galili (Balashnikov) (february 10, 1911 - february 8, 1986) main designer of the Galil assault rifle, one of the standard used by the Israel Defense Forces....